The CEO of the energy giant Eni, Claudio Descalzi, during a visit to Algiers, along with Prime Minister George Meloni, said that Italy, gradually reducing the consumption of Russian gas, plans to completely abandon it before the winter of 2024-2025.. ANSA reports..

“I am optimistic that we will be able to reduce Russian gas supplies to zero in the winter of 2024-2025. I would say that if we continue like this and further, things will go in the right direction,” Deskaltsy said..

The publication added that Italy has signed agreements with several countries to expand alternative energy sources after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.. Against this background, Algeria replaced Russia as the largest supplier of gas to Italy.

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Recall that earlier Secretary of State Jorg Kukis said that Russia's revenues from the sale of oil and gas in 2023 will be significantly reduced.. He added that since the introduction of EU sanctions against Russia after the start of the invasion of Ukraine, there were certain doubts about their effectiveness.. But European leaders said back then that the impact of the restrictions would not be immediate.. And you'll have to be patient.